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Coworking: an emerging work environment in the sharing industry

  • Driven by digitalization, the emerging sharing economy and the associated change in values, the concept of coworking spaces is gaining importance, as well as economic and scientific relevance. However, despite the increasing popularity of this topic in the media there are hardly any scientific data about working conditions in coworking spaces from the user perspective. This paper examines the experiences from the perspective of dependent employees in more detail. This group of people did not choose to work in such an environment but do so because of their employer. Working in a coworking space presents a range of new opportunities and at the same time new challenges for employees, which shall be discussed in this paper. In the course of the analysis, nine semi-structured interviews were conducted and then analyzed based on Mayring's qualitative analysis. The results show that most importantly, employees benefit from coworking spaces due to the networking and socializing component which is a vital part of this specific working environment. Consequently, the various possibilities for distraction that often accompany the social component pose a considerable challenge. Interestingly, the majority of participants confirmed that they enjoy working in a coworking space despite the challenges involved. Nobody stated the opposite. Given that an increasing number of people request a flexible work environment it is most likely that coworking spaces will gain more importance for organizations and therefore will continue to impact workspaces in the future. This thesis and the results of the qualitative analysis are beneficial for scientific use, coworking space owners, for organizations as well as entrepreneurs.

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Author:Svenja Press
Referee:Barbara Beham
Advisor:John C. Davis
Document Type:Master's Thesis
Language:English
Date of first Publication:2021/01/01
Publishing Institution:Hochschulbibliothek HWR Berlin
Granting Institution:Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Release Date:2021/09/14
Tag:coworking; coworking space; sharing economy; work environment
Page Number:71
Institutes:FB I - Wirtschaftswissenschaften / International Business and Consulting: Human Resource Management M.A.
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
Licence (German):License LogoUrheberrechtsschutz